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WorksheetsFinal Animal Tes
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does it mean to be an invertebrate?
a)
The animal does not have a backbone.
b)
The animal has a backbone.
c)
The animal lives on land.
d)
The animal lives in the water.
2.
What are animals with backbones called?
a)
invertebrates
b)
vertebrates
c)
cold-blooded
d)
warm-blooded
3.
Which of these is an example of invertebrates?
a)
fish
b)
reptile
c)
arthropod
d)
amphibian
4.
Vertebrates are divided into _____ classes (categories).
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
5.
Which invertebrates have jointed legs and an exoskeleton?
a)
worms
b)
sponges
c)
arthropods
d)
amphibians
6.
What is an earthworm's body divided into?
a)
scales
b)
segments
c)
tentacles
d)
antennae
7.
Sponges are filter feeders. How do filter feeders eat?
a)
catching and chewing large prey with sharp teeth
b)
ingesting nutrients through wet skin
c)
straining large quantities of water for food
d)
ensnaring prey in a web
8.
Which animals have arms that extend out from a middle body and tube feet?
a)
fish
b)
echinoderms
c)
amphibians
d)
segmented wor
9.
A clam's shell helps protect it from predators. What part of a clam's body helps it to move?
a)
muscular foot
b)
mantle
c)
tube feet
d)
fins
10.
Which group of characteristics describes a fish?
a)
multicellular, warm-blooded, invertebrate
b)
single-celled, cold-blooded, invertebrate
c)
multicellular, warm-blooded, vertebrate
d)
multicellular, cold-blooded, vertebrate
11.
Which is an invertebrate that has a long digestive tube that runs down the length of its body?
a)
sponge
b)
sea urchin
c)
octopus
d)
segmented worm
12.
The largest group of invertebrates is the arthropods, including spiders, lobsters, dragonflies, ants and ladybugs. Even though these animals seem so different they all have which of the following characteristics?
a)
three body sections, six legs, and wings
b)
soft body and a shell
c)
exoskeleton and segmented body
d)
tube feet and spines
13.
Which is the only group of animals that begin their lives in the water breathing with gills and as adults can live on land breathing with lungs?
a)
echinoderms
b)
mollusks
c)
amphibians
d)
reptiles
14.
Animals that have temperatures that change with the temperatures that change with the temperature of their environment are _______.
a)
mammals
b)
vertebrates
c)
cold-blooded animals
d)
warm-blooded animals
15.
Animals that have a body temperature that stays the same as
a)
invertebrates
b)
vertebrates
c)
cold-blooded animals
d)
warm-blooded animals
16.
What is another term for a warm-blooded animal?
a)
vertebrates
b)
invertebrates
c)
ectothermic
d)
endothermic
17.
Snakes, lizards, fish, frogs, and insects are examples
a)
ectothermic animals
b)
endothermic animals
18.
Why do cold-blooded animals not have to eat as often as warm-blooded animals?
a)
They do not have to use energy from food to keep warm
b)
They do not move as much
c)
They are smaller
d)
They are not good hunters so they use a lot of energy hunting
19.
Which animal must stay in the sunlight for long periods of time in order to warm its body during cold weather?
a)
dog
b)
lizard
c)
mouse
d)
bird
20.
Which of the following is true about animals?
a)
Some are single-celled.
b)
Most are autotrophs.
c)
They cannot make their own food.
d)
Most stay in one place throughout their lives.
21.
Which of the following groups of vertebrates lays eggs, has lungs, and has two wings and two feet?
a)
fish
b)
reptiles
c)
birds
d)
amphibians
22.
What characteristic do mammals have that other vertebrates do not?
a)
They are ectothermic while young, but endothermic as adults.
b)
They are endothermic.
c)
They produce milk to feed their young.
d)
They breathe with lungs.
23.
How do frogs and toads differ?
a)
Frogs have smoother skin and live mostly in water, while toads have bumpy skin and spend more time on land.
b)
Frogs are cold-blooded and toads are warm-blooded.
c)
Frogs have gills, and toads have lungs.
d)
Only frogs lay jelly-like eggs, while toads lay eggs with thicker shells that can hatch in water or on land.
24.
What do birds and mammals have in common?
a)
They are warm-blooded (endothermic)
b)
They are cold-blooded (ectothermic)
c)
They have fur or hair to keep warm
d)
They reproduce by laying eggs
25.
What escape adaptation allows an animal to flee from predators?
a)
sharp claws on a hawk
b)
bright colors on a monarch butterfly
c)
rabbits constructing holes to run and hide in
d)
tube-shaped mouth parts on a mosquito
26.
Why do bees have stingers?
a)
make attacks by their predators painful
b)
help them blend in with their surroundings
c)
help them flee with great speed and escape their attackers
d)
help them find food
27.
Your cat's fur is very thick. How might your cat adapt to the days becoming warmer?
a)
sweating
b)
shedding some of its hair
c)
panting
d)
shivering in the cold
28.
Dogs do not sweat. What do they do to get rid of excess heat?
a)
pant
b)
shiver
c)
blink
d)
sweat
29.
Animals can get cold. In order to increase heat production, an animal might do which of the following?
a)
pant
b)
shiver
c)
blink
d)
sweat
30.
An arctic fox's white coloring is an example of _________.
a)
camouflage
b)
mimicry
c)
migration
d)
hibernation
31.
Viceroy butterflies (which are not poisonous) look like monarch butterflies (which are poisonous). What is this an example of?
a)
camouflage
b)
hibernation
c)
mimicry
d)
flight adaptation
32.
What do we call the process by which animals become mating pairs?
a)
hibernation
b)
courtship
c)
mimicry
d)
camouflage
33.
Animals know when to eat, drink, and sleep. What are these examples of responses to?
a)
structures
b)
processes
c)
external stimuli
d)
internal stimuli
34.
Behaviors that must be taught are called
a)
learned behaviors
b)
innate behaviors
c)
instincts
d)
reflexes
35.
What adaptation helps turtles to protect themselves from predators?
a)
a sharp beak
b)
a hard shell
c)
sharp claws
d)
strong legs
36.
Some animals are able to fool predators by making themselves appear larger than they really are. This confuses the predator and they leave the prey alone. Which of the following is an example of this type of defense?
a)
An octopus squeezes its body into a narrow opening between two rocks.
b)
A turtle hides itself inside its shell.
c)
A cat puffs up the hair on its body and tail.
d)
An armadillo that rolls itself into a ball.
37.
Which of the following is a structure/method that an animal can use to inflict a painful attack on a predator or prey?
a)
increase body size
b)
venom
c)
fur
d)
legs
38.
How does sweating or panting help an animal get rid of extra heat?
a)
by pulling more oxygen into an animal's body
b)
by increasing the temperature of the environment around the animal
c)
because muscle contaractions get rid of heat
d)
because water evaporation gets rid of heat
39.
Squirrels spend much of their time gathering and storing food. They like to live near trees that produce nuts that they can bury in the ground. Which is the best reason squirrels behave this way?
a)
so other animals won't have food and have to leave the area
b)
so they won't have to leave their territory and look for food
c)
so they will have large amounts of food to attract a mate
d)
so they will have food during the winter when it is hard to find
40.
Which of the following is an automatic response designed to protect the eye?
a)
grouping
b)
imprinting
c)
shivering
d)
blinking
41.
When a panther hunts, it is responding to which stimulus?
a)
thirst
b)
heat
c)
hunger
d)
sleepiness
42.
What survival stimulus makes an animal thirsty?
a)
the need for water
b)
the need for a mate
c)
the need for food
d)
the need for sleep
43.
Which response to an internal stimulus restores the body's ability to function?
a)
eating
b)
conditioning
c)
drinking
d)
sleeping
44.
The weather becoming colder is an external stimulus. Which is a response to this?
a)
an animal hears a noise
b)
an animal hibernates
c)
an animal becomes hungry
d)
an animal gets lost
45.
A whale is born knowing how to swim. This is an example of a(n)
a)
learned behavior
b)
inherited behavior
c)
physical adaptation
d)
defensive adaptation
46.
Mother dolphins have been observed using a distinct buzzing sound or butting a young dolphin with its nose to punish it for misbehavior. The young dolphins learn not to repeat this behavior. What term best describes this type of behavior?
a)
imprinting
b)
courtship
c)
instinct
d)
conditioning
47.
Baby dolphin calves follow their mothers around and imitate their actions. By doing this they learn how to locate or hunt for food. Which term best describes this type of learning?
a)
imprinting
b)
courtship
c)
conditioning
d)
grouping
48.
Wildebeests travel together in huge herds as they migrate every year. Which of the following is the best explanation of why they do this?
a)
they travel to move away from predators
b)
they travel to find suitable mates
c)
they travel to move where the grass is growing
d)
they travel for exercise to stay in shape
49.
At night frogs in a pond call out to other frogs with very specific calls or noises. Each species of frog has a different sounding call. Which is the best explanation of why frogs do this?
a)
to attract a mate of the same species
b)
to defend themselves against predators
c)
to warn other frogs of predators
d)
to defend the territory from other frog species
50.
What do animals gain from trial and error?
a)
new learned behaviors
b)
new instincts
c)
new physical adaptations
d)
new inherited behavior
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